❤️ About This Spinach Pesto Recipe
Easy: Just add ingredients into the food processor and blend, your spinach pesto is ready. Quick: It takes under 5 minutes to make this spinach basil pesto. Hesitant to use spinach? Don’t worry, you won’t taste the spinach at all. It just gives the vibrant green color of the pesto. Plus, spinach is good for you. Taste & Flavor: It tastes herby (from basil), very fresh, creamy with a quite noticeable garlic undertone. Cheaper alternative to classic pesto: Spinach is a whole lot cheaper than buying a ton of basil. So this spinach pesto is budget-friendly
🍽 Ways To Use Spinach Basil Pesto
Toss with cooked pasta (any type works but tortellini and gnocchi are the best options) Use it to enhance pasta salad (e.g. pesto tortellini salad) Use as a spread for sandwiches or burgers. Use as a pizza sauce Spread over crostini or make pesto bruschetta Drizzle over steamed or roasted veggies Add a dollop of it to a soup like minestrone or other creamy soup
🧾 Ingredient Notes For Spinach Pesto
Baby spinach: I highly recommend using fresh spinach. Frozen doesn’t work here. Basil: Again, fresh is recommended. Dried basil in spinach pesto doesn’t work. Garlic: Use fresh garlic or use readymade minced garlic. Walnuts: It adds a nice nutty flavor. Another classic option is to use pine nuts. Lemon juice: Freshly squeezed lemon juice is the best choice over bottled juice. Olive oil: Extra virgin olive oil should be used while making any pesto as it has a mild flavor. Plus, pesto is eaten raw, and fresh so extra virgin should be used. Parmesan cheese: As being vegetarian, I only buy vegetarian parmesan cheese and not the original Parmigiano Reggiano that has rennet.
👩🍳 How To Make Spinach Pesto With Basil?
💭 Expert Tips For Spinach Pesto Recipe
Make a thin layer of olive oil on the surface of the spinach pesto when your store it in the jar to keep it fresh longer. Store the spinach basil pesto in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 5 days. It can be frozen for 3-4 months. For an extra nutty flavor, you can toast the walnuts before adding them.
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